The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-03
EAIi8 Oaks and Lincoln 10.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

New Cf lhllCS " tuC man
road rom Carthage, tho terminus
of he Snn Pedro coal mine branch
OF the \. r. " :. +. +. K, 100
miles from Socorro, on the main
line. 1j5 miles from FL Paso, Tex
"a. and 10 from Lincoln, the Co.
scat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the seat of an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
ly situated in u valley, among the
SPURS Of the Carlo range, at an ell
eyation OF 6,4TO feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
iz.tinus. Methodist and Congrcga-
tionali,t, u large and prosperous
public school. two weekly newspa-
pers, two prosperous mercantile es-
tAnlishmeuts, two hotels, two bill
lard alls, two blacksmith shops,
Zone also u wagon shop,) IL TWEEN
t. stamp gold mill in operation, al.
SO y Huntington Centrifugal mill,
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
The great Homestake Gold Mines
ar. one ulile n. w. of the centre of
the town, and around them + Il
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, ON the
S. E., are inexhaustible mines of
coal, varying from bitumlnous to
semi-anthracite. From four to
seven miles n. W. Of the town, in
tho Lone Mountain region, are eX-
tensive bodies of magnetic iron
ores, of excellent quality and high
grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
of the Bonito mining district, the
rich gold mines of the Nogal mint
ing district, and the copper (silver
bearng) ores Of the west side"
The town is abundantly supplied
with water /; wood is abundant in
the foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail to
Carthage. on the railway, and to
TT. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
the present objective point Of the
Chicago, st. LOUIS d FL Paso r. Il.
now building from Ell Paso, Texas,
and is destined to be an important
poin. upun that railway when it Is
completed t. Kansas City, as the
necessary link in the shortest posi-
bic has b.tween Chicago a,d the
CITY vi Mex a.
The County of Lincoln, ein the
southeastern cornvr of New MeXi-
co i. $50 miles an extreme length,
nna ITO la oxtEcrao breadth, aud
c~oRtains ~. $50 sGBAre u.i.cS. Ii
il divided, irons north b. rnuth, by
the f.to Pcc,%,nH il pOrEtnt stream,
which r,.~i.os pithin the co0nty
tributaries arising III the
east side OF the Great lHngc.
Tvs western part Of the County
is divided by %Hi"uhtuins, l"catY
known as the Ga.linas, Jicarillss,
Carizos, Sierra Blancos, DC, all
portions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks OF these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jacks
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
1900, Nogal, 10000, and Sierra
Blanco. II, 600.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1885, now about6 900
The towns, other than White Oaks,
are LincOln, San Patricle, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ros-
we'll, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
and Lookout.
Two-thirds of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, mainly
well watered, and stocked with
800. 900 head of cattle, an increase
of 1000 per cent. in 5 years. The
AngOra goat has made his appear
ance in the mountains OF Lincoln
County, and he is here 10 stay. He
ranges where nothing else will. and
is exceedingly profitable to his
owner. There are but few sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burros, (Anglia
Jackass es,) like the sands of the
seashore, for multitude,
On the Penssco, Ruidoso, Boni-
to, Hendo, Seven Rivers, Black
River, and PecOs, there are the fin
est of agricultural iSSds. Fine
farms have been opened on al
those streams, and upon them has
been produced in exceptional quail
ity and quantity every farm pro-
nets which can be raised at such
AN elevation. The experience OF
the late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
that Lincoln County will produce,
in abundance, all the Northern
fruits. The agricultural interest is
already important, and growing,
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